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If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact us. |  11-08-2003, 01:21 PM | #1 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 327 | Microsoft forgets to renew hotmail.co.uk domain
Link: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/33814.html Description: Quote: As a result, last month Microsoft lost its claim to the domain and it was duly returned to the open market to be picked up by whomever fancied it
Luckily, the domain was snapped up on the same day - October 23. The new owner - a good hearted soul - then proceeded immediately to contact Microsoft, inform the giant of its slip and arrange to hand back the domain.
However, Microsoft didn't want to know. Despite phone calls and emails - and being fobbed off by Microsoft drones - our man behind this public-spirited deed was completely blanked by the software empire. | on another note Quote: | In December 1999, Microsoft forgot to renew the domain name Passport.com, and so rendered its Hotmail service partially crippled. A Linux programmer, Michael Chaney, paid the $35 fee and promptly handed over ownership to Microsoft. . Here is his story | You think tehy would have domain names on auto renew? or atleast buy for a 10 year stretch |  |  | | 11-08-2003, 01:25 PM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 327 | The link to the passport guy is good check it out Quote: Although I was certain the payment was the fix, I couldn't know for certain until I'd heard from Microsoft or Network Solutions. On Tuesday, December 28 I heard from Microsoft. I was happy to hear that the payment did fix Passport, and of course they wanted to reimburse me, and thank me.
On January 15, 2000, I received the check from Microsoft for $500, in addition to a new copy of Visual Studio 6.0 (which I need to compile and run the decss program to decode my DVD's so that I can play them under Linux). I put the check up on ebay to raise money for charity. | | | | | | 11-08-2003, 02:43 PM | #3 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Sierra Vista, AZ, USA Posts: 264 | Haha, I'd hate to see the mail server logs of whatever server that the domain ended up pointing towards. __________________
-Rob | | | | | 11-08-2003, 02:45 PM | #4 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: New Haven, CT Posts: 409 | Microsoft should consider itself fortunate to have people like the above to help them out. I can't believe they didn't have their domains on auto-renew. | | | | | 11-09-2003, 06:02 PM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Sierra Vista, AZ, USA Posts: 264 | Quote: Originally posted by Spencer
Microsoft should consider itself fortunate to have people like the above to help them out. I can't believe they didn't have their domains on auto-renew. | They should have had the name paid up till like 2025 or something. Not like it would have cost that much money. __________________
-Rob | | | | | 03-24-2007, 03:33 PM | #6 | | Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 40 | oh my, way too good hearted, 1 in a million, especially with a giant. I would of asked for a good $50,000 or more. | | | | | Thread Tools | | | | Rate This Thread | | |  Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
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